Research summaries for autism therapy: free radicals

definition of free radicals: Chemicals that can cause damage to living systems by changing the chemical structures of many of their biological compounds.
|

Altered Vascular Phenotype in Autism: Correlation with Oxidative Stress, Summarized Oct 21, 2006

This article suggests that autism may be associated with oxidative stress as well as changes in blood circulation. It is already known that children with autism are likely to have more oxidative stress, or difficulty in managing free radicals, than children who do not have autism. It is also known that children with autism have unusual blood circulation. The authors of this study set out to determine if these facts could be biologically linked to one another.... Read more...

Increased Excretion of a Lipid Peroxidation Biomarker in Autism, Summarized Oct 21, 2006

This article suggests that autism may be associated with oxidative stress that results from difficulties in managing free radicals in the body.

The authors tested 33 children with autism (ages not given) and 29 controls for biomarkers for oxidative stress. They report that children with autism had a biomarker for oxidative stress (isoprostane) that was significantly higher than in controls. This biomarker shows that cell membranes in the body and/or brain are likely to have been damaged by free radicals. The authors conclude that children with autism may be genetically more likely to develop oxidative stress, supporting the use of anti-oxidants such as vitamin C in autism.
Read more...

Showing results
|